Rolling Stone Magazine recently released their latest ‘list’, “The 100 Greatest Songwriters” rollingstone.com). Let me repeat that title, “The 100 Greatest Songwriters”. Their descriptive line states “From Brill Building tunesmiths to Punk poets, from Woody Guthrie to Max Martin, the visionaries who defined music history.”
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JAIMIE VERNON – TIDAL WAVE
Posted in Opinion with tags Beyonce, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Coldplay, compact discs, DBAWIS, DeadMau5, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Jaimie Vernon, Jay-Z, Kanye, Madonna, Major Labels, MTV, Much Music, napster, Pandora, radio, Rihanna, Sports Radio, Spotify, Talk Radio, The Tube, Tidal, Top 40, VH1, vinyl on April 4, 2015 by segarini
During the 50 years preceding the collapse of the music industry – i.e. Before Napster – the music we knew and loved was carefully spooned out and fed to us proportionally by record companies who knew how much we’d consume and for how long. This was done via a sifting process controlled by radio.
Doug Thompson – “MONEY, IT’S A GAS”
Posted in Opinion with tags Alanis Morrisette, Andre Romelle Young, Beats Electronics, Bernie Taupin, Beyonce Knowles-Carter, Billboard Magazine, Blue Ivy, Bob Segarini, Bono, Bruce Jenner, Buddy Holly, Casey Kasem, Celine Dion, Dark Side of the Moon, David Furnish, DBAWIS, Dire Straits, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dr Dre, Drake, Elton John, Heather Mills, Howard Stern, Interscope Geffen A&M, Jay-Z, Jimmy Iovine, Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian, Linda Woodrow, Madonna Louise Ciccone, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, money, Nancy Shevell, Nick Cannon, P. Diddy, Paul David Hewson, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Puff Daddy, Reginald Kenneth Dwight, Renate Blauel, Rod Stewart, Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs, Shawn Carter, Sir Elton Hercules John, Stevie Nicks, The Pretenders, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, U2, Warren Buffet on December 10, 2014 by segarini
Anyone familiar with that Pink Floyd tune? (c’mon, who isn’t? It’s from “Dark Side of The Moon” for crying out loud). The album, released on March 1, 1973, made # 1 for only one week, but in total, spent 741 weeks on Billboard magazine’s album chart. Let’s put that into years shall we? “Dark Side of the Moon” remained on the charts from 1973 until 1988. If you know the song, then you’ll know that the next lyrics to the title at the top of the page are: “Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash. New car, caviar, four star daydream, think I’ll buy me a football team.”
Roxanne Tellier – When Love Hurts
Posted in Opinion with tags 2009 Grammy Awards, 2012 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, Amy Winehouse, Bessie Smith, Beyonce, Bob Segarini, Carole King, Chris Brown, Courtney Love, DBAWIS, domestic abuse, domestic violence, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, emotional abuse, feminism, gender equality, Gerry Goffin, He Hit Me (and It Felt Like A Kiss), Ike Turner, Jay-Z, John Lennon, Law and Order – Special Victims Unit., Little Eva, Louis Jordan, Phil Spector, psychological abuse, Rhianna, Roxanne Tellier, Sting, The Beatles, The Black Eyed Susans, The Crystals, The Dixie Chicks, The Motels, The Police, The Shriver Report, Tina Turner on July 27, 2014 by segarini
At a recent jam, a bunch of the players got to talking about songs that had surprised or shocked our sensibilities, either at first listen, or upon reflection. As vocalists or musicians, we had learned the actual lyrics, not just taken the overall gist. It’s different, when you have to memorize lyrics, rather than just bop along to a current song.
JAIMIE VERNON – YOUTUBE KILLED THE VIDEO STAR
Posted in Opinion with tags Amanda Palmer, Bell Media, Beyonce, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Christopher Ward, CTV, DBAWIS, Die Antwoord, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donny Osmond, Dream Warriors, Duran Duran, Eric Ehm, eTalk, Hip Hop, J.D. Roberts, Jacksoul, Jaimie Vernon, Jay-Z, Julia Nunes, k-os, Lana Del Ray, Leah Miller, Madonna, Maestro Fresh Wes, Michael Jackson, Michael Williams, MTV, MTV Canada, Much More Music, Much Music, napster, Rammstein, Rap, Space, Television, Urban Music, VCR, VH1, VHS, video, Vimeo, Weird Al Yankovic, White & Nerdy, YouTube on July 26, 2014 by segarini
A week ago Bell Media Megolithic Oligarchy Inc. gutted many of their TV channel networks including CTV, E!, Space, and the formerly music oriented MTV Canada, MuchMoreMusic and MuchMusic by laying off 91 people.
JAIMIE VERNON – WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Posted in Opinion with tags Alice in Chains, Anthony Ludgate, Beautiful Nothing, Bill McDowell, Bob Segarini, Bullseye Records, Campus Radio, Coldplay, Come Color Me, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Feargal Sharkey, Finger Eleven, Gerry Young, Hedley, Jaimie Vernon, James Featherstone, Jay-Z, Jell-o, Kleenex, Luke Ludgate, New Rock, Nike., Power Pop, Rainbow Butt Monkeys, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Shane Ludgate, Soap Opera, Sven Petrovic, Terry Brown, The First Time, The Name Game, U2, Universal Music, WalMart, White Funk on May 24, 2014 by segarini
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
– Juliet Capulet
Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)
Darrell Vickers: Rock ‘n’ Roll Dumbnation
Posted in Opinion with tags Alex Bleeker, Arts & Entertainment, Charity Concerts, Darrell Vickers, DBAWIS, Della Mae, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Guns and Roses, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jay-Z, Joan Baez, Jude Johnstone, music, Pokey LaFarge, Radio Vickers, Records, Rock ‘n’ Roll Dumbnation, Sebastian Bach, Television, The History Channel, The Trinity Broadcasting Network, YouTube on July 15, 2013 by segarini
I don’t think anyone who has been graced at birth with two properly functioning ocular orbs and even the most unimpressive measure of cognitive facility could fail to notice that this world of ours is majorly fuckoed. To bear witness to this once mighty civilization caught in an uncontrollable tailspin of death; one needs only to cast one’s gaze over to the shocking state of rock-and-roll. No, I’m not talking about how bad music has gotten or how Jay-Z is the devil’s most cunning disciple bent on dragging our youth down into the fiery sulphurous pits of damnation with his piquant lyrical-stylings. What I am bone-chillingly referring to is the ever-swelling tidal wave of do-gooders in the rock and rap community. How bad have things gotten when we have fucking former punk rockers out raising money to save the rain forests!!???
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 